Do You Prefer Biblical Truth Or The Traditions Of Men

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘The great lesson to be learned from Abraham’s faith in God is that he was prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter what contrary belief of his might be violated by his obedience. Abraham was not devoted to his own convictions or else he would have slain Isaac and said that the voice of the angel was actually the voice of the devil […] But you must always be willing to come to the point of giving up your own convictions and traditional beliefs. […] Abraham did not make any such statement— he simply remained true to God, and God purified his faith.’ CHAMBERS

 

Giving up traditions, those things, contrary to the teaching of the Bible, that were “wrongly” taught by your culture or you parents or their parents .. maybe carried back through many generations … is a difficult thing to do.  People cling to them as “truth” even in the face of Biblical evidence to the contrary.  People find comfort in traditions.  Colossians 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”

 

This is good to remember … If God thought it important enough to include in the scripture .. there must be a reason He wants us to know about it.  What I remind the Haitians is that the Bible is truth and truth has no boundaries .. it is absolute … it is not limited by culture or language … it applies to everyone .. it is not constrained by man’s traditions.  1 Peter 1:18-19 “knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot”

 

Matthew 15:8-9 “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

 

If you prefer what your fathers have taught you over the truth of the Word, then you are worshipping traditions … you can call it what you want .. make excuses all day long, but in the end, it’s sin .. you have missed the mark and convinced yourself that you are right in doing so.  I have told men that I can use God’s name in vain and they say nothing, but if I speak against their “daddy” they are ready to fight.  Now what’s up with that Christian?

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)